Research

Sean Waite’s research explores how gender and sexual orientation shape human capital acquisition, occupation and industry choice and earnings in Canada. He is currently working on a collaborative project that combines quantitative, qualitative and experimental research methods to study the employment experiences and outcomes of Canada’s LGBTQ community. Sean also examines returns to higher education, with a particular interest in the labour market outcomes of Canada’s doctoral graduates.

Current Research Projects

Postgraduate employment, earnings, and the gender wage gap: An analysis of the labour market outcomes of Canada’s masters and doctoral graduates

Same-sex and opposite-sex coupling in Canada: How does selection into partnership impact sexual minority wage gaps

Gender differences in the early career earnings of university graduates: Evidence from Canada’s National Graduate Survey

Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant (IDG), Employment Discrimination and the Labour Market Experiences of Canada’s LGBTQ Population with Nicole Denier (collaborator), $71,000. 2017-2019

SSHRB Internal Seed Research Grant, What can survey and administrative data tell us about Canada's LGBT community? Where we stand and what the future holds. $20,578. 2018-2019

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Planning Grant, Partnership Development for Community-Based Research on LGBTQ Identity, Poverty and Health. Collaborator with Lori Ross, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. 2017.